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Mar 9, 2015 13:24:35   #
Loki Loc: Georgia
 
Today in 1862, the world's first battle between ironclad warships occured at Hampton Roads, VA. The CSS Virginia, formerly the USS Merrimack ) and the USS Monitor battled to a draw. Although the Union ship was the first to withdraw, the Confederate ship had exhausted her ammunition also. The battle was considered a draw, but the previous day, the Virginia had attacked and sunk the Union ships Cumberland and Congress. I have included a link which gives a pretty succinct synopsis of this historically significant engagement.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hampton_Roads

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Mar 9, 2015 15:26:37   #
PoppaGringo Loc: Muslim City, Mexifornia, B.R.
 
Loki wrote:
Today in 1862, the world's first battle between ironclad warships occured at Hampton Roads, VA. The CSS Virginia, formerly the USS Merrimack ) and the USS Monitor battled to a draw. Although the Union ship was the first to withdraw, the Confederate ship had exhausted her ammunition also. The battle was considered a draw, but the previous day, the Virginia had attacked and sunk the Union ships Cumberland and Congress. I have included a link which gives a pretty succinct synopsis of this historically significant engagement.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hampton_Roads
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Wasn't one of them, the Merrimac (?), discovered some years ago and artifacts retrieved from it, i.e. its guns?

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Mar 9, 2015 16:56:15   #
Loki Loc: Georgia
 
PoppaGringo wrote:
Wasn't one of them, the Merrimac (?), discovered some years ago and artifacts retrieved from it, i.e. its guns?


That was the Monitor. The Virginia was burned to prevent her capture by Union troops after she grounded, and stuff has been salvaged and sold off her since the 1870s, as she sunk in the James River in fairly shallow water. the Monitor sank off Cape Hatteras and was salvaged beginning in 1973.

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Mar 9, 2015 16:56:19   #
Loki Loc: Georgia
 
PoppaGringo wrote:
Wasn't one of them, the Merrimac (?), discovered some years ago and artifacts retrieved from it, i.e. its guns?


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Mar 9, 2015 16:56:39   #
Loki Loc: Georgia
 
PoppaGringo wrote:
Wasn't one of them, the Merrimac (?), discovered some years ago and artifacts retrieved from it, i.e. its guns?

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Mar 9, 2015 16:56:39   #
Loki Loc: Georgia
 
PoppaGringo wrote:
Wasn't one of them, the Merrimac (?), discovered some years ago and artifacts retrieved from it, i.e. its guns?

Damn computer froze, then posted all my tries.

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Mar 9, 2015 17:20:25   #
alabuck Loc: Tennessee
 
Loki wrote:
Today in 1862, the world's first battle between ironclad warships occured at Hampton Roads, VA. The CSS Virginia, formerly the USS Merrimack ) and the USS Monitor battled to a draw. Although the Union ship was the first to withdraw, the Confederate ship had exhausted her ammunition also. The battle was considered a draw, but the previous day, the Virginia had attacked and sunk the Union ships Cumberland and Congress. I have included a link which gives a pretty succinct synopsis of this historically significant engagement.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hampton_Roads
Today in 1862, the world's first battle between i... (show quote)


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Loki,
I'm really enjoying your "Today in History" posts.

Among some of my reading on the Civil War, I've read the following: Confederate Ironclad vs Union Ironclad, by Ron Fields, Duel Between the First Ironclads, by William Davis, and The Monitor and the Merrimack, Both Sides of the Story, by H. Ashton Ramsey. I recommend any of these for a more detailed history of the 2 day fight between these 2 hastily built and hard to maneuver warships.

That the turrent of the Monitor has been raised and is presently undergoing restoration should tell us a lot toward the ship's conttruction in the future. It was either The Smithsonian magazine, or the National Geographic magazine that, LADT year, has an excellent article on the turrent and what's been restored and found in it. I wish there was a way to retrieve the rest of the Monitor. That would be sensational !!

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Mar 9, 2015 17:23:37   #
Loki Loc: Georgia
 
alabuck wrote:
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Loki,
I'm really enjoying your "Today in History" posts.

Among some of my reading on the Civil War, I've read the following: Confederate Ironclad vs Union Ironclad, by Ron Fields, Duel Between the First Ironclads, by William Davis, and The Monitor and the Merrimack, Both Sides of the Story, by H. Ashton Ramsey. I recommend any of these for a more detailed history of the 2 day fight between these 2 hastily built and hard to maneuver warships.

That the turrent of the Monitor has been raised and is presently undergoing restoration should tell us a lot toward the ship's conttruction in the future. It was either The Smithsonian magazine, or the National Geographic magazine that, LADT year, has an excellent article on the turrent and what's been restored and found in it. I wish there was a way to retrieve the rest of the Monitor. That would be sensational !!
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Yes, it would. Too bad the Merrimack/Virginia has been "salvaged" since the 1870s. I mean, what didn't burn.

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Mar 9, 2015 17:25:49   #
Loki Loc: Georgia
 
[quote=Loki]Yes, it would. Too bad the Merrimack/Virginia has been "salvaged" since the 1870s. I mean, what didn't burn.
My wife and I used to own a gemstone business. We also dealt in fossils, and antiques. I bought a bunch of salvage, complete with certification of authenticity from a blockade runner named "Minho" that was sunk off of Charleston in 1863.

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Mar 9, 2015 18:42:10   #
alabuck Loc: Tennessee
 
[quote=Loki]
Loki wrote:
Yes, it would. Too bad the Merrimack/Virginia has been "salvaged" since the 1870s. I mean, what didn't burn.
My wife and I used to own a gemstone business. We also dealt in fossils, and antiques. I bought a bunch of salvage, complete with certification of authenticity from a blockade runner named "Minho" that was sunk off of Charleston in 1863.

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That's so cool !! I have a small collection of Civil War items but having something naval would be tops!

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